The Champion

April 2011 , Page 13

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By Gerald Lippert

TCDLA Moves Voice For the Defense Online

The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
(TCDLA) recently made its monthly publication, Voice for the Defense,
available online at www.voiceforthedefenseonline.com. The archive
contains .pdf scans dating back to the organization’s inception in 1972.
Voice Editor Greg Westfall shepherded the extensive project through its
introduction in February 2011. In announcing the new resource, Westfall
noted, “At this time, we may very well be the only statewide criminal
defense organization with an online magazine like this. This is due in
large part to the Herculean efforts of two people – our assistant
executive director, Melissa Schank, and our web designer, Stacy Clifford
of Chili Pepper Web. Melissa, in particular, oversaw the scanning of
almost 40 years’ worth of the Voice.” Elizabeth Caulfield, the
Reference and Instructional Librarian at Texas Tech University School of
Law Library, noted, “The increased access to thi

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